Submarine net and method of laying the same



v "E. .A. SPERRY.-

v SUBMARINE NET AND METHOD OF LAYING THE SAME.

I APPLICAJION FILED MAY3I, 1911.

' Patented Mar. 9,1920.

,' 3 SHEETS-*SHEET I- INVENTOR E. A. SPERRY SUBMARINE NET AND METHOD OF LAYING THE SAME. 'KPP LICATION FILED MAY31, l9]?- 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

1,333,224. j PatentedvMar.9,1920.-

. E/MEkAEFERRi.

E. A. SPERRY. SUBMARINE NET AND METHOD. OF LAYING THE SAME- APPLICATION FILED 'MAY 31,1917: I "1,333,224. Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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I mus/won Q E/MERAEPERRK t 4 arefsliown "longerin proportionf to the H Width than the rectangles4 in Fig. 3

crimped around the sleeve formed by opposite 1 rectangle.- Fig.2)-.i p

1 Theclips 3 may be omitted at certain inj "tervajlsliajlongjthe top of the net and rings wirelink:S-secured at'oneend thereto and I used instead. i;- One of these rings is clearly indicated atJG iniFig. 2. Similar rings 6" 1 may be'proy-idedatithe bottom of the net, (see Figl); Each of-the rings 6 alon the top edge of thenet may-be provided Wlllll a provided at the othenend Witha snzipjor;

: glasp I. V

M may assume the form .illrtstrated in v detail inFig Q. "The float orbuoyQ is shown pro-,

p The buoys the nets vide d-ryvitha Wire linkIO ivhich link se cured at oneend to the bottom of the buoy and carries at theother end aisnap or a p lre The anchor ng means for the netsmay as sume the storm illustratedjin which a'suitablewveiglit oranchor 12 is-secured to one is other Qflwhilchigown as prov-idedwitha ptorclfi pi'leaz v i.

c In addition to. the above 7 described sand tu'reI prefertto providea'line-Zl5 vhich may f be termed an anchor line; This'line may.

be provided with rings orothersecuring x means lfi; secured thereto at intervals cor respondingto the intervals between the se-.

' curing" means or :rlngsfi. The anchor line 'or cable lon ay-bel constructed asfindicated' n Fig. l3ayh1ch' shows a number of electrical conduct'ors l7 suitably-insulated from V each other andtrom the sheath 15. The t tensilestrength of fthiscable l f1nay be sired," to carryysignalingg current .by being I connected to suitable signaling apparatus. 1

' v The handlingofgthenets sgreatlyjacilitated by, employing-reels or "drums. ,One

7 reelsQOj, of which anyjnumber may be utilized are adapted to be mounted in suitable supports for rotation about two axes. oneof which axes is preferably horizontal. The

supports, shown as two in number, 'lnayas- Each of these supports ,isshown ascomprising a platform "21 mounted for rotation aboutfa stud22 secured, preferably,- in ahorizont'al position to asuitable support 23 on a ship or other;

sume the form illustrated.

therefor. I

A wound anchor cable reel 32 isalso' carrier 24. Rollers 2 5j may beiprovided on the platform 21 between the latter and the support 23. A pair of brackets 26 may be connected to the platform 21 and journal openings 27 may be provided in the outer ends of these brackets.'"The reel supports are also provided with rods 28 adapted to been placedinfthe brackets they may each be provided atone end with a head 31 and at the; opposite end '\Vlll1 an opening 30 adapted to'receive a cotter pinor other securing means 29. Each oftlie net'carrying reels 20 is provided with an axially extending opening of sub size as to allow the reel to rotate freely on'thespinclle or rod 28. x

extend through the openings 27. Topreyent therods from slipping out When they have Preferably reels 3Qa1'e-t alsofp'rovided for use'in-conn ection with theanchor cables or l nes 15. The supports fol-these, reels may 'be lmuch simpler in structurethan the net ceivestheends of rods or spindles 35 on whichgthe treels 32 are. adapted to rotate.

The reels 32 may be located in any conven v ient'position'on'the shi p.;- end. of, what laterm, a depth line l3th'e. 3

, Assuming thatthel nets are on shore and it is desired to transport them to a certain location. and launch them, thefmethod' of procedure may be as follows: Eachi'neh'per 8e, Z'M eL, stripped of buoys, anchorsand anchorl lin'es is stretched diagonally as indicated in Fig; 11; By stretching.

Woundfon a reel, or spoolQQ and placed aboard a; 'ship or othercarrier." As the nets occupy but a spacel when Wound as i above 1nd1cated alarge number of them may be carried ona ship.. ;A number of anchor linesor cableslo are also each Woundon ai spoo l or drum 32 andplac'ed'aboard ship.

Thebuoy's, anchors and} depth lines may be carried i-n any convenient location on the ship. The ship then prc ceeds to the desired location, 2'. e.,'.to the place Wherethe nets N are to 'betlaunch'ed; One method oflaunching or paying out latteris indicated in'Figy 120 I and inay be briefly described as follows: One of thegwoundzreels2O is mounted in its support by inserting 'a rod 28. through one of the brackets 26, then through thereel then i be inserted in the opening 30 provided placed. in itsnsupport 33, The'net N and anchor line 15 may now be paidout by.

:20. then through the other bracket 26; The cotter; pin or other locking means 29 may' 5 When one reel; -is completely unwoundit I maybe replaced bytanothenwound'oneandthe above process repeated. 5; :Thus a: number swimmin on item; AS the-fi'drumior reel 'QQniS' Irotatahle about an. axis-at right;

angles toits axis, it "Will be ohniousethat. any tendency ofthe 'netgto, twist:aSKitLisbeing paid out will bexneutralizedt 'Ehenet N and.

1 anchor" cable :15 'IneymoW-be connected by? clippingorsnspping eachr -sna' :or clasp. 7

1 In FiQ -JI the net 1N complctelyeqnipped wit-h floatsoor-bfuoys and anchors is shown as being dropped ovcrlthe side of .theshi'p;

o'ff nets; N may besecnred to a common anchor; :line' 15 as indicated ini Fig. 12-. ,Whcn

V the anchor cablelspool'or reel}32 is: exhausted I I it may 'berepIacedLby-afull one andflthe ends of the-anchor cable gmey be connected nection with Fig.1. Thebuoys fi arelshown- 4 if desiredr r '25 I The? buoys 9, anchors 12 ,1anchor cable ways. in addition to thatpabone described.- Thus, as shown in Fig, 6 the anchor cable or i 'l-ine l dmay'be secured to the net'N- by means of'links =which links may'be'p'rovided at each end with a,- snep or clasp similar to the snnpsifi', 1 1' and 14", and adapted to beclipped into correspondingirings G'Q'and 16 on the net N and anchor line 15" respectively.l"The anchorstlQ maybe secured to the rings" 16 in these-me manner-as above described in con secured; to the netrN byclipping one of the snaps 7', 1-1intothe other. 1 c

Alfurthermodificetion in the manner of Securing the nets N to theb'uo sf-ztnchors and anchor lines i'snindicetedl in Fig, 6

, This form is similnnto that -shOWI-iin Fig.6

line 15 ere secured tot'he-net N in the same manner} The links 4O aremed'elong enough,

however, to"all0w'thefcahle 15 to rest orll ie 'on the see: bottoms'oi that lines 13' at'see F-ig;

' 6) are made ve'ry short, or omitted entirely,

V one of the specifi'c ways of seourin'g the m. I I ,chorsybuoys? and anchor line tqthe netor It isI-to' be understood of coiirse th'nteny connection} with V the method? of h' t ndl-ing -hereinztfter described inconn'ectionwith The cmethod ofhandlingt senor mine last m'enltioned' figure is practicillythe same I "as that described connection withl i fexce t-thnt the net is pessedi oVer the of j-t e ship instead of over-"the side when launching it, e An "e q n t d guide 41 m y e "p rb i sd an. tHedeck-ofthe ship? and netqNiis adapted to travel, I Aticertzrin times, '2". e;, .in certfainil 15 may-be secured to the'netsjN in variousv in which caseganchors 12' are-c'1ip'ped "directly j to'therifngsl' 16,; i 1

" net which comprlses net" whigehcomp a compact coil, and

stern" it desirable to use' two nets on two'iseries of: nets; oneibelowthe. other as inoFig. 7 In the last mentioned fi u Fig. is shownas: securedto anchors 12 and anchor" line 15, in the same Inwnnejr" askthe net N ofFig. (i is securedi-to-thecorrespond inganchoring means; The upper and lower nets N may be securedto eachoth'e'r .by c'lip ping thesnap's or 'clas'p's 7 of? the Wireli-nks '8; of the lowernet into-the. ringsfif of the pernet 1 et' N of evle-r which the;

eetion'is 7 per net shown connected rto'tl'iebuoys 1 in the-{$311161 manner astheinet. 6e- .Is secnredltor its buoys. Theylo wer' I I vOne method: of pz ty'ing: I i

the nets N'sh'own in Fig; 7 .is-:i-ndicoted in Fig. 8; lnthis'm'ethod two nets, referred to as the-upper and lower nets, and thee-1101101."

line L15 erep'aid out simultaneously; onenet' below the. other. as indicated. Th e two nets choring means attached as. described ini com viding extra. reel supports} 1:

- may be. clipped together, the buoys and ani' I I nection w-ith Fig.1, and the coin-plete'ftwm section net isfread'y for? launching; Oh; vionsly net of, any numberfiofsections ,In dccordance wlththe proylsions of the- I patent; statutes, 1' have herein described :the

principle. of operation of uny invention',-; to-

gether" With the 'apparatusfjfiyhich I now consider .to represent the best embodiment thereof," but d'esireito. have it understood let signed; to, nsef the i' ari0i1s features and: elc- H'ments in the combination and relations described, some "of these may be altered and vtive that the :inlventi'on c'ztn be carried I out by other means." Also, while it is ideothersomitted and some of the .feettures of -each;:inodificationf may be embodied in the otherswithout interfering with the more. gen'era'gll results outlined, and the invention" 'eXtcnds'to-such use:

egonally to form-1 rope; then Winding *the 5 rope so fofrinejd intofla "compact coil, and then: payingjout* thenetet h'e 'desir'ed place by unwindin -the 2; :Theimetliod or means a on ally, winding-aim net stretchedinto desired location hy unwinding the. coil. method of handling I a; tionfnet 'Which consists in stretching 1 e of the detached sections diagonally, Winding I each section so stretchediinto a' coil, paying payin 1N n a the;

out the net-at the desired location by simul-- taneously unwinding each coil,and sectlring the 'sectionsltogether edge 1to edge-along their lengths. r q i 4; The method offlhandling net which'consists in stretching the netfdi j agonally,-win ding the net so stretched into a compact coil,.paying outthe net at-thede- "sired location, simultaneously "paying out an anchor rope and securingthe-,anchorrope to the net prior tolaunching. a

he method of handling a-submarine net which consists in stretching the net-di agonally, windingthe not so stretched into a -compact coil, paying out the net at the a desired locatlon, simultaneously paying out an anchor rope, securlng the anchor rope-to the net prior to launching, andsecuring anchors and huoys'tosiud anchor line. i I

6,.- The method of handling-a submar ne net'which comprises stretchingthenet diag-v j netwhich consists in stretching the'net diag- 'onally, windingthe net sovstretchedon a T reel, paying, out the Fnet at thedesired loca 'tion,*simultaneously paying out an anchor 'rope', securing the anchor-rope to the net onallyto form a rope,then;winding thefrope so formed onja' reeLandzthen .pay ngout the net atithe desired place by unwinding the netirom the reel. a a. J 17. The method of handling a submarine net-which comprises stretching'the netzdiagonally, Winding the net so stretched {on a reel and paying out the net at the desired location by unwinding the net from the reel; 8, The method of handlinga niulti-sec tion net which consists in stretchingeach of the detached sectionsdiagonally, winding each sectionso stretched 011a reel, paying out thenet at'the desired location byfsimultaneously unwinding each section from its to edge ailongitheirlengthsr V 9. The method of handling a submarine netiwhich consists in stretching-the net diagonally, win'ding the net; so stretched ona reel, paying out the; net at the desired'loca-a tion, simultaneously payingout an: anchor priorjto-llaunching, I: V s I r 10. The m'ethol ofhandlinga submarine rope and securing the anchor ropetofthe net :prior to launching, and securing anchors and buoys t'os'aijd anchor lines, 7 11. The method et -handling a submar ne it -so ylformed on; a reel rotatable about-. two

net which comprisesstret'chingj the net, diagonally to form a rope; then windingthe rope V axes,gancl .the'n,payingbut the net, at the desired place by unwinding thenet from-the reel.

set; which comprises stretching the net diagonally, windingv the lnet so istretched' on a and securin chorrope;

12; The handling a v reel rotatable about two axes paying,

out the net atthe desiredilocation' by unwindingthenet from tliereel. it 11 -13.- The method of handling a multi-'sec-' tionnet which consists in stretching each'of the detached sections diagonally, winding eachsection so stretched on reel rotatable about two' axes, paying outf the net at the. desired location by simultaneously: unwind-; ing each section; from its reel andsecuring the sections together edge to edge along their lengths; T

, letf'lh method of handling submarine netiwhich consists in stretching: the net diagonally, winding thev net so stretched on a reel rotatable about two axes, paying outthe net at the desired; location, simultaneously payingout an anchor rope and-securing the V anchor rope toth'e net prior to launching; ,l5.,The,method of handling a'sulomari'ne net which consists in stretching the'nct diagonally, winding the net s0 stretchedjon a reel-rotatable about two axes, .paying'out the I net atthe desired location, simultaneously out the net at the desired location by simuls V taneously unwinding each coil, and clipping the sections togetheredge to. edge along their.

len ths. v reel, and securing the sections together edge 7 The methodof handlingasubmarine net whichconsists in stretching the net diag- OIl3,lly,'WlI1CllI1g the net so stretched into a compactcoil, paying out the net at the desired location, simultaneously paying-out an anchor rope and clippingthe anchor rope to the net as thelatter is? being 'paid out. -18.iThe method of handling a submarine net whichcon'sists in stretching thenet diagonally, W 1n d1Ilg"tl'ie net socstretched into a compactcoil, paying out the netat. the de-l sired location-rand clippinglanchors and buoys to the net as it -isbeing paidout} j V ,7 19. Incombination, a reel rotatable about 1 two axes and as diagonally stretched submarine net wound on said reel,

20'. Incombinatioma reelirotatableabout two, axes' at right-angles and a. diagona1ly; stretched submarine net wound on said reel. 21';ln combinationiareel rotatable about two axes, oneof which ishorizontal anda diagonally stretchedsubmarine net wound on,saidreel;

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. I

1 Emma sensehe 

